LeBron Scores 28 as Cavs Edge Raptors 121-117 for 9th Win

But the Raptors need one more major contributor if they are going to have a serious threat at beating the Cavaliers.

The first game will be played Tuesday night in Cleveland, a rematch against the LeBron James-led Cavaliers: In Toronto’s second game of the season, back on October 28 at Air Canada Centre, the Cavaliers earned a hard-fought 94-91 victory. With Oscar Robertson watching from close to the Cavs bench, LeBron James fell one rebound shy of a triple-double with 28 points, 14 assists and nine rebounds.

The Cavaliers beat their playoff rivals for the second time this season and the defending National Basketball Association champions appear to be an even stronger team than they were last season.

“I don’t pay attention to the records”, James said.

Make or miss and that’s absolutely the play I’d run if I were them. The NBA on TSN panel breaks it down.

Back and forth, the Raptors and Cavaliers went, exposing the other’s big man.

The Pacers, coming off something of a defensive breakthrough when they held Orlando to a season-low 69 points in a 19-point victory on Monday, also played effective defense for a time but had help from the Cavs. “We want to win every single game”.

“(Curry) kind of gets us started nearly every game”, Durant said, “when we need an extra surge of energy, coming down to make shots.

Frye got the ball with 59 seconds left and hit the trey that gave back the lead to the Cavaliers, 117-115. Cleveland then buckled down on defense, holding the Raptors scoreless until letting Kyle Lowry make a layup with 2.8 seconds left.

Kevin Love led Cleveland with 27 points and 16 rebounds, and Kyrie Irving had 24 points and seven assists. With the talent they have offensively and defensively, Toronto is the team you should bet your money on because they simply have the best chance at defeating LeBron James and the defending champs out East. Eventually, some (many?) of those players will head overseas, but they will stay here longer, and that’s good for the D-League. “We’re going to get it right”.

There’s one thing, though, that he needs to get better and I am sure he will as he grows into the game. Remember, this is the same team that met the Cavs in the Eastern Conference finals just last season.

In terms of records, while the Raptors are second to Charlotte Hornets in least turnovers per game (11.3), the Cavs are second to Houston Rockets in three-pointers attempted in a game. The two teams faced off on Sunday, November 13 in Cleveland, with the game ending with a final score of 100-93.

“If you’re living with me getting 40, LeBron getting 40 and Kev getting 40”, Irving said of the suggested scheme. I wasn’t trying to slam it on objective. It’s not like it went far. Dwane Casey said it shouldn’t have been called a technical foul.

The other big story out of this game for the Lakers: Julius Randle put up his first triple-double of the season with 17 points, 14 rebounds, and 10 assists.

Raptors: With so many shooters, and James’ passing ability, the Cavs can stress defences to the max.

The Eastern Conference rivals don’t play each other again until February 8 at IN, then February 15 at Cleveland and April 2 at Cleveland.

Andrew Wiggins scored 29 points for Minnesota.

“It’s good for us, it’s not a measuring stick”, Casey said. He caused matchup problems for the Raptors who were playing without Demarre Carrol, their best perimeter defender.

NBA Finals MVP James had been rested while J.R. Smith was also missing for the Cavs, nursing a right ankle sprain.

After snapping a two-game losing streak, the Indiana Pacers (5-6) will try reach the.500 mark for the fifth time this season. “It should be exciting for our players to go against the champion and the runner-up from past year”. It’s going to come once the season gets going. The cap hold increases also could make it hard for the Warriors to keep Andre Iguodala and other role players around Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant.